dol·o·mite 
(dōlə-mīt′, dŏlə-)
(dōlə-mīt′, dŏlə-)n.
1. A white or light-colored mineral, essentially CaMg(CO3)2, used in fertilizer, as a furnace refractory, and as a construction and ceramic material.
2. A magnesia-rich sedimentary rock resembling limestone.
[French, after Déodat de Dolomieu (1750-1801), French geologist.]
dol′o·mitic (-mĭtĭk) adj.
dol′o·mit′i·zation (-mĭt′ĭ-zāshən) n.
dolo·mit·ize′ (-mĭ-tīz′) v.
- macrofossil
- macrogamete
- macroglobulin
- macroglobulinemia
- macroglossia
- macrograph
- macrography
- macroinstruction
- macroinvertebrate
- macrolide
- macromere
- macromolecular
- macromolecule
- macron
- macronuclear
- macronucleus
- macronutrient
- macrophage
- macrophagic
- macrophysics
- macrophyte
- macrophytic
- macropod
- macropterous
- macroscopic